Drivers of the Winds (Al-Dhaareyaat)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
I CALL TO witness those who scatter dust by dispersing, 1 which carry clouds laden with water, 2 and those that speed along with gentle ease, 3 And the angels who distribute the affair. 4 Indeed, what you are promised is true. 5 And verily the Requital is surely to befall. 6 By the heaven containing pathways, 7 Indeed, you are in differing speech. 8 perverted in his views thereon is he who would deceive himself! 9 Perish the conjecturers 10 who are heedless in the immersion. 11 They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense?" 12 Upon the day when they shall be tried at the Fire: 13 "Taste you your trial (burning)! This is what you used to ask to be hastened!" 14 Lo! those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and watersprings, 15 Accepting the rewards given by their Lord; they were indeed virtuous before this. 16 Little of the night would they slumber, 17 And in the dawns they prayed for forgiveness. 18 And in their substance was the right of the beggar and non-beggar. 19 And in the earth are signs for those who are certain. 20 And in yourselves. Then will you not see? 21 In the sky is your provision and that which you are promised. 22 Then, by the Lord of the heaven and the earth, it is the truth (i.e. what has been promised to you), just as it is the truth that you can speak. 23